On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 14:46:57 Jun 14, Deepan Chakravarthy wrote: > > > Hi, I am Arundhati Ramanathan, correspondent Chennai times, Times of > India, > > Im working on an article on mobile phone hacking. > > Hello! > > > I have a couple of questions about moblie security and its abuse, which I > > hope you could answer. > > 1. How easy is it breaking into a mobile phone. What are the requistes > for > > hacking a phone( both the hacker and the victim) > > Since most mobile phones run a proprietary OS or mostly a bug ridden > mess that runs over Java or something, we are going to have > trouble with attackers for sure. > > Though the question remains how long it will take for threats to become > real. > > > 2. What steps can one take to prevent hacking private info especially > > when mobile banking etc are popular > > Most websites that provide mobile banking will work over SSL. If the > mobile browser supports SSL, then the risk is greatly reduced. > [ ... ] Very nice reply, Mr. Girish! Thanks. -- Best, Z _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
